| Autor: |
MacPherson, S. J., Kelly, J. R., Webb, R. S. |
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Construction Management & Economics; Nov93, Vol. 11 Issue 6, p475, 11p, 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart |
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This study investigates the 'typical' form of design description for heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems in buildings at a point in the design development corresponding to the feasibility stage of the Royal Institute of British Architects' plan of work. Eight case studies yielded rich qualitative data on the form of design description and the process by which those designs evolved. It was found that the designs developed with a fragmentary attention to detail, and did not conform to the top-down approach to design management implied by the plan of work or other prescriptive models of design. Nevertheless, patterns which emerged from the data imply that the design process behind this is not entirely idiosyncratic and unstructured, but points to a strategic approach in the use of detail which was shared by the designers. An empirical model of this strategic process, grounded in the data from the study (a 'grounded theory' model), is developed and the implications for builders of more general models of the design management process are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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